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BJP Not interested in bringing down MP govt: Shivraj Singh Chouhan25 May 2019 14:44The BJP had won 28 out of 29 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the just-concluded general polls.
Bhopal: BJP national vice president Shivraj Singh Chouhan Saturday said his party was not interested in bringing down the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh …

Richest candidate got 1,558 votes, lost deposit25 May 2019 14:20New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The richest candidate in the Lok Sabha elections — Ramesh Kumar Sharma, an Independent from the Patliputra seat in Bihar who declared over Rs 1,107 crore — lost his deposit as he could manage only 1,558 votes.
Of the five richest …

BJP regained seats lost in bypolls between 2014-201925 May 2019 14:10BJP had won only six out of 30 Lok Sabha bypolls held between 2014 and November 2018.
New Delhi: The resounding win of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha elections has also reinstated the party in more than half of parliamentary seats lost in by …

Rahul Gandhi offers to resign as Congress president25 May 2019 13:19Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday offered to step down from his post taking moral responsibility of the humiliating defeat the party faced in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
However, the resignation was turned down by the Congress …

Five cow vigilantes assault 3 in MP, arrested25 May 2019 11:44Seoni (Madhya Pradesh), 25 May (IANS): After a video went viral on the social media in which five people are seen beating two persons for carrying beef in the Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh, the police on Saturday arrested and jailed the five.
In the …

Three Muslims thrashed over beef rumour in India25 May 2019 11:05PHOTO: INDIA TODAY
Three Muslims, including a woman, were beaten by vigilantes over rumours of possessing beef in the Indian city of Seoni in the Madhya Pradesh state, reported India Today.
The vigilantes, known in India as self-proclaimed ‘gau rakshaks’, …

Congress Worker Loses Bet To BJP Worker, Gets His Head Shaved25 May 2019 10:38Madhya Pradesh Congress worker honours bet, gets his head shaved.
New Delhi: After BJP's clean sweep in the general election, a Congress worker had to part with his hair, honouring a bet he lost to the BJP worker.
Congress worker Bapu Lal Sen had bet …

Rahul Gandhi Addresses Party's Top Leaders On Election Disaster25 May 2019 09:01New Delhi:
Rahul Gandhi addressed top Congress leaders at a post-mortem of a national election debacle which, many say, exposes an existential crisis for the grand old party. Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala told reporters mid-way through the …

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath skips crucial CWC meet25 May 2019 08:4625 May 2019, 01:21PM ISTSource: Times NowMadhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath skipped crucial CWC meet on Saturday in the national capital. The Congress held a meeting to review the party’s dismal performance in the Lok Sabha elections. The party has …

Rahul Gandhi Has Not Offered To Resign Yet, Clarifies Congress25 May 2019 08:12New Delhi: The Congress denied today that Rahul Gandhi had offered to resign over the party's national election debacle as its top leaders met for a post-mortem after its 52-seat disaster - only a few more than its historic low of 44 in 2014.
In this …

BJP bagged more seats in UP than Congress did in all of India25 May 2019 08:11Image Source : AP BJP bagged more seats in UP than congress did in all of India | Interesting facts about May 23 counting day
The Bharatiya Janta Party rolled over the opposition in the Lok Sabha election 2019. The result shows the dominance of the BJP in …

Cong dismisses reports of Rahul's resignation; CWC meet underway25 May 2019 07:49Though there was no official word on the agenda for the meeting, sources said the committee will talk about future strategies.
New Delhi: Congress’ Randeep Singh Surjewala dismissed the rumours of party President Rahul Gandhi offering his resignation on …

Rahul Gandhi's Resignation Rejected At Top Congress Meet25 May 2019 07:18New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today offered to resign over the Congress party's epic fail in the national election in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP and its allies won a spectacular mandate of over 350 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha. As …

Rahul Gandhi offers to quit as Congress president25 May 2019 07:02The Congress president Rahul Gandhi has offered his resignation to the Congress Working Committee taking full responsibility for the party's drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections, media reports said.
However, the top leadership of the party wants him to …

Congress top decision-making body meets to discuss LS rout25 May 2019 06:46New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met on Saturday to discuss the reasons for the party’s abysmal performance across the country in the 2019 general elections.
Foremost on the table is the challenge to keep the flock together in …

Among 10 super-rich candidates, 5 won richest one lost deposit25 May 2019 06:06(MENAFN - NewsBytes)
Among 10 super-rich candidates, 5 won; richest one lost deposit
25 May 2019
Apparently, money didn't play a role in Lok Sabha polls this time, as several rich candidates had to bite the dust, revealed data of Election Commission.
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From the streets of Indore25 May 2019 04:40Express News Service
The city of Indore, Madhya Pradesh is known for its street food, and for almost every tourist there, a visit to places like Sarafa or Chappan form an essential part of the itinerary. While Sarafa Bazar is one of the prime night street …

Anti-Kamal Nath lobby in full swing25 May 2019 04:11After obtaining a massive mandate for the Lok Sabha will Prime Minister Narendra Modi try to destabilise Congress ministry in Madhya Pradesh? Even if Modi has no desire to do so he will be pressurised by the Madhya Pradesh BJP leaders who seem to be in a …

Half of Team Modi may be new25 May 2019 03:28Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Aiming to create a robust party leadership for the next decade that is familiar with all aspects of governance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday began consultations to pick his new council of ministers, so as to …

Saffron is a different colour now25 May 2019 02:24The colour has been rendered to activities that would have astonished Swami Vivekananda, says Sunanda K Datta Ray.
Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com
The censors forced Utpal Dutt to re-shoot some scenes in his film Ghoom Bhangar Gaan so that it …

Lok Sabha election results: BJP sweeps and gains25 May 2019 01:07Prime Minister Narendra Modi with senior BJP leader L K Advani in New Delhi, Friday. (PTI)
West Bengal: 42 Lok Sabha seats
The BJP increased its tally from 2 to 18 and its vote share from 16.8 per cent to 40.3 per cent. While the TMC’s tally dipped by 12, …

Fireworks in MP Congress a day after LS poll rout25 May 2019 00:33Treasurer of Madhya Pradesh unit of Congress Govind Goyal wants accountability be fixed on chief minister Kamal Nath.
Bhopal: The dismal show by Congress in just-concluded Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh has revived infighting in the party here with a …

IT department opened bank lockers of Kamal Nath's PA in New Delhi24 May 2019 23:58The Income Tax (I-T) Department has opened some bank lockers of Rajendra Kumar Miglani, the personal assistant of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, sources have said.
"Miglani's some bank lockers were opened on Thursday," sources said …

2014, 2019... Why and where did Congress fail?24 May 2019 23:51Twitter
Finally, the outcome is loud and clear. The grand-old party has failed to counter the juggernaut of PM Narendra Modi. Surely, Rahul Gandhi faces imminent jibes tomorrow at the CWC but more than that, this was a historic defeat that beholds the …

A fly on the wall of Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati24 May 2019 23:03(This is a reprint from NewsBred).
Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, leaders of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP), haven't
found their voice since Exit Polls. Mayawati hasn't tweeted once; Akhilesh has tweeted only twice that
too no …

What the thumping mandate for Modi means24 May 2019 22:02The first thing one notices about the Lok Sabha election, in which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a phenomenal victory, is that elections are no longer a game of chance. Majoritarian politics has robbed elections of a sense of contestation. …

BJP’s election victory: Of Modi, by Modi and for Modi24 May 2019 21:27The two most commonly used taglines for the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign in the just concluded parliamentary elections were “phir ek baar Modi sarkar” and “Modi hai to mumkin hai.” Both have come tellingly true as borne out the poll outcome that gave …

LS polls: UPA performance only marginally better than last time24 May 2019 20:59[India], May 24 (ANI): Congress managed to add only eight seats to its tally of 44 it had won in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, marking its second consecutive electoral debacle in five years.
Last elections were the worst for the Congress when it got the …

RSS men who turned it around24 May 2019 20:58From Maharashtra to Odisha, these Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh spinmeisters have helped the BJP win big
█ Sunil Deodhar
Sunil Deodhar is an ardent RSS swayamsevak from Maharashtra. Starting his career as a schoolteacher, he later joined the BJP. He is the …

Liquor firms cheer end of poll dry days24 May 2019 20:33NEW DELHI: Alcohol companies, nursing a hangover from a spate of dry days that marked the six weeks of polling in the middle of summer, are hoping for a respite, now that the elections are finally over.
Liquor makers have been hit by disruptions in …

The TINA factor worked for Indian PM Modi24 May 2019 19:24Modi could remain in power for a very long time. That would not be healthy for Indian democracy.
Though at the time of writing, the final results of the Indian General Election are not yet in, it is pretty clear that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) …

How UP was conquered24 May 2019 18:55Celebrations at Bharatiya Janta Party state head office in Lucknow. (Express photo: Vishal Srivastav)
Contrary to nearly all expectations, the BJP has succeeded in retaining Uttar Pradesh, the key to holding its majority at the Centre. The Mahagathbandhan, …

Failure after debacle24 May 2019 18:55The leaders who led the Congress to defeat in 2014 continue to manage the party in 2019.
Verdict 2019 is also a resounding vote of no confidence in the Congress, its leadership and the narrative it offered to voters. The party has barely managed to improve …

After huge 2nd mandate, Modi mantra should be ‘raj dharma’24 May 2019 18:42It's now apparent that the disenchantment with the Modi government on these issues was exaggerated.
Long before the announcement of the results of the 2019 parliamentary election, the most fiercely fought one since 1952, veterans as well as NextGen …

Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh govts in danger of falling24 May 2019 01:53Two short of the majority mark on its own, the Congress has the support of the BSP and SP in the Assembly.
New Delhi: After the massive victory in the Lok Sabha polls, non-BJP state governments in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh face a serious threat. In the …

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh swing back to BJP23 May 2019 23:59Around six months after the BJP lost the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to the Congress, the party, along with an ally, carried out a near complete sweep of the Lok Sabha seats in the three states, winning 62 out of the 65 …

Non-BJP govts in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh fear trouble23 May 2019 21:44New Delhi: After the massive victory in the Lok Sabha polls, non-BJP state governments in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh face a serious threat.
In the elections for the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly last year, the Congress won 114 seats and the BJP came …

First result from Madhya Pradesh expected around 10 p.m.23 May 2019 08:04Bhopal, May 23 (IANS) The first result for elections to the Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh is expected around 10 p.m. on Thursday, while the last result might come by Friday morning.
The state’s Chief Election Officer V.L. Kantarao told …

Madhya Pradesh governor rejects BJP's special session plea23 May 2019 00:20Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel has “rejected” the demand by the BJP to convene a special session of the Assembly to ‘test the strength’ of the Kamal Nath government.
Sources said the governor has communicated her decision to BJP …

Sidhu, Yeddyurappa, Madhya Pradesh - Congress Alarms Are Ringing22 May 2019 12:02The Modi majority predicted by the exit polls seems to have been the tipping point for Amit Shah to launch a vigorous new "Operation Lotus" to dismantle (to borrow Rahul Gandhi's word of choice) the Congress governments in Madhya Pradesh and …

Madhya Pradesh: Teacher who got student slapped 168 times arrested21 May 2019 10:48Image Source : REPRESENTATIONAL Teacher in MP Jhabua district has been arrested and remanded in 14-day judicial custody by a court here for allegedly directing some students to slap their classmate 168 times for not completing her homework. A government …

Cong's Madhya Pradesh government will fall on its own: BJP20 May 2019 15:40[India], May 20 (ANI): Chief Minister Kamal Nath led Congress government in the state will fall on its own, says BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Gopal Bhargava.
"You can yourself analyse the current situation. They have the …

Madhya Pradesh: Tribals turn out to vote in large numbers in Dhar19 May 2019 16:04[India] May 19 (ANI): People of Bhil and Gond tribes here turned out in large numbers to exercise their constitutional right in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha polls on Sunday.
Nannu, a resident of Undakho village while talking to ANI said: "We have …

Two government employees on poll duty die in Madhya Pradesh19 May 2019 12:45Image Source : PTI Representational Two government employees engaged in election duty died in separate incidents in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Sunday. Garu Singh Chogad, who was deployed at the Jalwat polling booth in Dhar Lok Sabha constituency, …

Specially-abled woman votes in Madhya Pradesh19 May 2019 09:23'I urge other specially-abled people to make efforts and cast their vote,' she said.
Indore: Setting an example, a specially-abled middle-aged woman came out to vote at the polling booth in Indore on Sunday.
Sonu Mali, with the help of a wheelchair …

Specially-abled woman votes in Indore, Madhya Pradesh19 May 2019 08:35[India], May 19 (ANI): Setting an example, a specially-abled middle-aged woman came out to vote at the polling booth in Indore on Sunday.
Sonu Mali, with the help of a wheelchair, came to exercise her ballot at the booth no 316 in Nanda Nagar of Indore.
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Voters boycott polling at six booths in Madhya Pradesh19 May 2019 07:27Out of the total 29 Lok Sabha seats in MP, six went to polls on April 29, seven on May 6 and eight on May 12.
Bhopal: Voters boycotted polling at six booths in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday over some local issues, a senior election official said. Efforts were …

Brand Modi battles Cong’s Nyay in Madhya Pradesh18 May 2019 22:19The BJP appears to be banking on PM Narendra Modi’s popularity while the Congress hopes that its ‘Nyay’ scheme would see the party through.
Bhopal: It is BJP’s ‘brand Modi’ vs Congress’ “Nyay” in all the eight parliamentary constituencies in Madhya Pradesh …